Guides: Earth Sciences: Websites

Australian websites

Queensland Spatial Catalogue This service is a Queensland Government initiative to provide improved public access to a variety of spatial and associated data. You can discover, display, select and download or order data over an area of interest in selected formats, including map coverage data, image data and text file data.
Queensland Globe The Queensland Globe provides an online interactive experience to view Queensland’s location based information.
Shaping the Earth (Australian Museum) What makes the Earth unique? Where does it fit in the Solar System and, ultimately, the universe? Take a look inside the Earth and find out what it is made from and how it is structured. Look at the processes that shape the Earth.
CSIRO Land
CSIRO Land Research Surveys Unique and never repeated series of detailed land system surveys across Australia and PNG. The surveys commenced in 1946 and were conducted by teams of scientists and technicians working together in the field and laboratory. The final report in the series was published in 1977.
CSIRO Data Access Portal The CSIRO Data Access Portal provides access to research data, software and other digital assets published by CSIRO across a range of disciplines.
Geoscience Australia Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government that aims to be a world-leading organisation informing evidence-based decisions through integrated Earth sciences to secure Australia’s future. It includes the Digital Earth Australia program.
Geoscience Portal Data discovery and analysis portal for geoscience data from all of Australia's state, territory and federal governments. Includes 1:250 000 scale scanned geological maps.

International websites

NASA Earth NASA studies our own planet more than any other. We operate 26 missions in orbit and sponsor hundreds of research programs and studies each year. We observe our planet’s oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere, and measure how a change in one drives change in others. We develop new ways to observe and study Earth's interconnected systems and we build long-term data records of how our planet evolves. The agency freely shares this unique knowledge and works with institutions around the world.
NASA Images NASA has always told its story through its images, a few of which have become icons of human history.
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) provides access to a wide range of global climate data, concentrated primarily in the areas of atmospheric composition, atmospheric dynamics, global precipitation, and solar irradiance.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS provides science for a changing world, which reflects and responds to society’s continuously evolving needs. As the science arm of the Department of the Interior, the USGS brings an array of earth, water, biological, and mapping data and expertise to bear in support of decision-making on environmental, resource, and public safety issues.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s work is focused on helping countries transition to low-carbon and resource-efficient economies, strengthening environmental governance and law, safeguarding ecosystems, and providing evidence-based data to inform policy decisions.
Open Geoscience The British Geological Survey (BGS) has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these by publishing as many as possible under OpenGeoscience. OpenGeoscience is a free service where you can view maps and download data, scans, photos and other information.